Mar. 5, 2005

The English reporting on this incident is very spotty by the way. No mention
that the soldiers confiscated the phones after the killing, no mention that
there were two cars in the convoy and the first one had been let through,
hardly a mention that it wasn't a checkpoint but a patrol that shot them,
hardly a mention that the witnesses all say that, contrary to what the Army
says, no signs or wavings were made by the soldiers who simply shone a light
at the car and started shooting.

Assassination politics by the US Army ? It wouldn't be the first
time...

Why do they say it was a checkpoint
when it was a patrol ? Why does the State Department lie pretending they
didn't know the journalist had been freed and was on its way to the airport
when the Italian negotiators had been in permanent contact with the US
Embassy in Baghdad ? Why do they pretend they shot into the engine block
when the back seat passengers were targeted ?

>>Companion of Freed Italian Journalist Says U.S. Attack Was Deliberate
The U.S. attack on the convoy carrying freed Italian journalist, Giuliana
Sgrena to the Baghdad airport and on to her home in Italy was "deliberate"
according to Sgrena's companion, Pier Scolari. As Scolari was leaving the
military hospital in Rome where the journalist is being treated he insisted
that both the Americans and the Italians were well aware that she was
traveling on that particular route to the airport.

Scolari went on to say that the shootings were deliberate. "They were 700
meters from the airport which means that they had passed all checkpoints,"
he stated adding, "Giuliana had information, and the US military did not
want her to survive."

Scolari added, "(the) last 24 hours have been hell with the murderous
attack of the armored Americans who shot 300-400 rounds against her car,
without reason".

At the time of Sgrena's kidnapping in February she had been
researching and
writing articles focusing on the Fallujah refugees who were forced to seek
shelter in a mosque in Baghdad.

Prohibition Kills!

Kathryn Johnston

November 21, 2006—GA

Acting on a tip from a confidential informant, police conduct a no-knock raid on the home of 88 year old Kathryn Johnston.

Johnston, described by neighbors as feeble and afraid to open her door at night, opens fire on officers as they burst into her home. Three of the officers are wounded before Johnston is shot and killed.

Relatives say that Johnston lived alone, and legally owned a gun because she was fearful of intruders. She lived in the home for 17 years. Police claim that they find a small amount of marijuana in Johnston's home, but none of the cocaine, computers, money, or equipment described in the affidavit that was used to obtain a warrant.